The Japanese Fortune Calendar - Hardcover

Chiba, Reiko

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804803005 ISBN 13: 9780804803007

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2030

Synopsis

Like people of the West, Eastern people have a zodiac. Unlike that of the West, however, the Eastern system has a cycle of twelve years instead of months. Each year of the cycle has its own particular animal symbol whose roots of meaning, origin, and influence stretch back to ancient India and China. One of the traditional Japanese stories pertaining to the zodiacal system and how it started runs as follows... Year descriptions of the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Cock, Dog and Boar

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2030
• ISBN 10: 0804803005
• ISBN 13: 9780804803007
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 39